Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
ISBN: 0201784203
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 202
Pages: 202
Authors: Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series
- About the Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- The Purpose of This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- How to Use This Book
- Who Should Read This Book
- Comments
- Part I: Stages and Steps
- Chapter Zero. Guide to the Development Steps
- Business Intelligence Definition
- BI Decision-Support Initiatives
- Development Approaches
- Engineering Stages and the Development Steps
- Parallel Development Tracks
- BI Project Team Structure
- Justification for Using This Project Lifecycle Guide
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter One. Step 1: Business Case Assessment
- Business Justification
- Business Drivers
- Business Analysis Issues
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Business Case Assessment Activities
- Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 1
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Two. Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation
- Step 2, Section A: Technical Infrastructure Evaluation
- The Hardware Platform
- The Middleware Platform
- The DBMS Platform
- Technical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 2, Section A
- Step 2, Section B: Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation
- The Effects of Stovepipe Development
- The Need for Nontechnical Infrastructure
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Standards
- Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities
- Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 2, Section B
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Three. Step 3: Project Planning
- Managing the BI Project
- Defining the BI Project
- Planning the BI Project
- Project Planning Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 3
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Four. Step 4: Project Requirements Definition
- General Business Requirements
- Project-Specific Requirements
- The Interviewing Process
- Project Requirements Definition Activities
- Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 4
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Five. Step 5: Data Analysis
- Business-Focused Data Analysis
- Top-Down Logical Data Modeling
- Bottom-Up Source Data Analysis
- Data Cleansing
- Data Analysis Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 5
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Six. Step 6: Application Prototyping
- Purposes of Prototyping
- Best Practices for Prototyping
- Types of Prototypes
- Building Successful Prototypes
- Application Prototyping Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 6
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Seven. Step 7: Meta Data Repository Analysis
- The Importance of Meta Data
- Meta Data Repository as Navigation Tool
- Meta Data Classifications
- Meta Data Repository Challenges
- The Logical Meta Model
- Meta Data Repository Analysis Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 7
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Eight. Step 8: Database Design
- Differences in Database Design Philosophies
- Logical Database Design
- Physical Database Design
- Database Design Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 8
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Nine. Step 9: ExtractTransformLoad Design
- Implementation Strategies
- Preparing for the ETL Process
- Designing the Extract Programs
- Designing the Transformation Programs
- Designing the Load Programs
- Designing the ETL Process Flow
- Evaluating ETL Tools
- ETL Design Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 9
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Ten. Step 10: Meta Data Repository Design
- Meta Data Silos
- Meta Data Repository Solutions
- Designing a Meta Data Repository
- Licensing (Buying) a Meta Data Repository
- Meta Data Repository Design Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 10
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Eleven. Step 11: ExtractTransformLoad Development
- Source Data Transformation
- Reconciliation
- Peer Reviews
- ETL Testing
- Formal Test Plan
- ETL Development Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 11
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Twelve. Step 12: Application Development
- Online Analytical Processing Tools
- Multidimensional Analysis Factors
- Online Analytical Processing Architecture
- Development Environments
- Application Development Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 12
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Thirteen. Step 13: Data Mining
- Defining Data Mining
- Data Mining Techniques
- Data Mining Operations
- Applications of Data Mining
- Data Mining Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 13
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Fourteen. Step 14: Meta Data Repository Development
- Populating the Meta Data Repository
- Meta Data Repository Interface Processes
- Meta Data Repository Testing
- Preparing for the Meta Data Repository Rollout
- Meta Data Repository Development Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 14
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Fifteen. Step 15: Implementation
- Incremental Rollout
- Security Management
- Data Backup and Recovery
- Monitoring the Utilization of Resources
- Growth Management
- Implementation Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 15
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Chapter Sixteen. Step 16: Release Evaluation
- The Application Release Concept
- Post-Implementation Reviews
- Release Evaluation Activities
- Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
- Roles Involved in These Activities
- Risks of Not Performing Step 16
- Bibliography and Additional Reading
- Part II: At a Glance
- Chapter Seventeen. Human Resource Allocation Matrix
- Chapter Eighteen. Entry Exit Criteria and Deliverables Matrix
- Chapter Nineteen. Activity Dependency Matrix
- Chapter Twenty. TaskSubtask Matrix
- Chapter Twenty-One. Practical Guidelines Matrix
- Appendix Work Breakdown Structure
- Task_Data
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
ISBN: 0201784203
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 202
Pages: 202
Authors: Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre